--- title: "Petland Gives Back" id: "190796" type: "page" slug: "gives-back" published_at: "2022-06-22T02:13:28+00:00" modified_at: "2023-03-20T19:28:49+00:00" url: "https://www.petlanddayton.com/gives-back/" markdown_url: "https://www.petlanddayton.com/gives-back.md" excerpt: "\"Our store prides itself in giving back to the community where we work and reside.\" Safari Stan’s Children’s Charities by Petland was formalized in 1994. Petland has two children’s charities – Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and St. Jude Children’s Research..." --- # Petland Gives Back *“Our store prides itself in giving back to the community where we work and reside.”* Safari Stan’s Children’s Charities by Petland was formalized in 1994. Petland has two children’s charities – Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Annually, Petland collects funds year-round for St. Jude, collecting more than $850,000 since 2009; and, since 1998 has fulfilled more than 500 pet-related wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, totaling more than $250,000. Pet therapy is a natural extension of Petland’s retail environment. At Petland, we commonly take our pets to visit school children and nursing home residents, as studies of the human-animal bond show that pets are good for people. Petland participates in the national Pets in the Classroom program coordinated by the Pet Care Trust. The program provides grants for teachers to purchase pets and pet supplies for the classroom, enhancing and promoting responsible pet ownership and the human-animal bond. Since 2014, Petland stores have provided more than 600 grants to teachers. ([https://www.petsintheclassroom.org](https://www.petsintheclassroom.org/) ) Petland opens some of its highly visible kennel windows to homeless pets from local animal shelters, pet rescue groups and others in the community, who may have unplanned litters. The goal is for Petland Pet Counselors to work with pet welfare groups and members of the community to find suitable families for homeless pets. Since 1998 Petland stores have found homes for over 350,000 abandoned or unwanted pets. Petland believes in the importance of the human-animal bond and is committed to providing local communities the resources behind strengthening that bond. [Learn More](https://petlandcharities.org) Stores across the country provide financial support and/or feeding programs for more than 200 therapy dogs and K9 units in police, sheriff and fire stations. Stores also support veterans and facilities with service dogs. Here at Petland, we are passionate supporters of the human-animal bond and the communities in which we work. To show our dedication, we are raising funds for shelters and K9 units through Petland Charities. We invite you to make a donation at our store to support animal shelters and K9 units. All money raised will help ensure animal shelters can provide loving care to animals, and K9 units have all they need to support our police officers and law enforcement personnel. Heartland Canines for Veterans provides therapy, companionship and service dogs for disabled veterans. Petland sponsors the full cost of one training dog per year ($7,200). ([https://heartlandk9s.org/](https://heartlandk9s.org/) ) Petland’s goal is to see that no Petland pets end up homeless or in an animal shelter. Occasionally, circumstances arise making it difficult for pet owners to keep their lifetime promises to Petland pets. In these cases, Petland will help find that pet a new home. Petland puppies also go home with the Petland Enhanced Protection Program (PEPP). This is a strategic partnership combining a national microchip database registry with an Amber Alert-type service, providing an enhanced layer of protection for pets and their families. ``` Petland Dayton 1447 Google reviews Write a review Posted on Google Mercedez Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. My man and I came by Monday, just looking around and ended up leaving with ALL three ferrets they had. We planned to get just two but the other one jumped up to us like she wanted to come too. Petland threw in a free ferret kit if we got the third one. I liked their financing plans they had as well it’s an easy way to bump my credit. So far Matcha, Mocha, and Lottie are loving their home. They love playing with the dogs and I love their silly personalities. I only wish they came potty trained, they didn’t have a specific area for them to pee or poop In so potty training has been a little difficult for the two older girls, only reason why I’m doing 4 stars instead of 5. But we are very happy with our girls and the free ferret kit ended up helping us a lot more than we expected 🫶🏻 thank you to whoever said it was okay to throw it in. It’s also a very specious pet land compared to the one next to my job, we will probably be back. Posted on Google Daniel a Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I got some tiger barbs from there, and they looked great. Good color, good shape. Morgan helped me out with them and she was fantastic! Excellent customer service. I'll be back! Posted on Google Kim P Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Very nice and helpful Posted on Google Mike z Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. They have the dog food we use. We moved from another state and had to find a store that had our dog food we've been using. Posted on Google ONE C Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Nice layout very cute puppies customer service is spectacular they go above and beyond Posted on Google Edward L Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Place was kept very clean but the person who took care of me didn't have knowledge of the Birds that I bought Posted on Google Margaret B Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I loved spending time with the puppies, and the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. ```